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Rootabaga Jazz Festival: Matt Ulery Loom with the KGS String Quartet

April 14 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Orpheum Theater

Free floor and Balcony seats: $20 Mezzanine seats

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The night opens with the award-winning Knox Jazz Ensemble, featuring a newly commissed work composed by Matt Ulery. The concert is free for floor and balcony seats and $20 for mezzanine seats.

A Chicago-based bassist, composer and bandleader, Ulery has developed an instantly recognizable and distinctive sound that is experimental, inviting, and accessible. Known for his sweeping lyricism, unexpected phrase structures, expressionistic emotionalism, and unconventional instrumentation, Ulery’s music—from small, diverse chamber ensembles to full orchestras—is informed by a broad spectrum of genres including jazz, classical, rock, pop, and folk (specifically American, South American, Balkan and European).

Ulery has produced and released seven critically acclaimed albums of original music under his name, including his most recent double album, Festival, on his own label, Woolgathering Records. In addition to performing, recording, and composing, Ulery is a member of the faculty at Loyola University Chicago and gives master classes and clinics nationwide.

Ulery's Rootabaga performance will feature his quintet, Loom, with the Knox-Galesburg Symphony String Quartet